Bob Gunton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-11-15 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Bob Gunton
Biography
Robert Patrick "Bob" Gunton, Jr. (born November 15, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters, with his best known roles as Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison film The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, and President Juan Peron in the original Broadway cast of Evita.
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Known For
Acting
Ghostkiller
as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke
(2025)
The Gettysburg Address
as William Herndon (voice)
(2024)
The Inheritance
as Charles Abernathy
(2024)
Purgatory Station
as Horatio Grimes
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as The Ghost Farmer
(2021)
(2018)
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
as Major
(2018)
Alex & the List
as Mr. Stern
(2017)
Mountain Top
as Maxwell Forrest
(2015)
The 33
as President Sebastián Piñera
(2015)
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Flight School Instructor
(2014)
Decoding Annie Parker
as Dr. Benton
(2013)
Runner Runner
as Dean Alex Monroe
(2013)
Jimmy
as Sheriff Brinson
(2013)
Highland Park
as Bert
(2013)
Live at the Foxes Den
as Tony O'Hara
(2012)
Argo
as Cyrus Vance
(2012)
Trouble with the Curve
as Watson
(2012)
Get the Gringo
as Mr. Kaufmann
(2011)
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Cecil Dobbs
(2011)
Kill the Irishman
as Jerry Merke
(2011)
The Least of These
as Father Thomas Peters
(2010)
The Trial
as Joe Whetstone
(2010)
Tenure
as William Thurber
(2008)
The Lazarus Project
as Father Ezra
(2008)
Player 5150
as Nick
(2008)
24: Redemption
as Ethan Kanin
(2007)
Fracture
as Judge Gardner
(2007)
Dead Silence
as Edward Ashen
(2007)
Rendition
as Lars Whitman
(2007)
Numb
as Dr. Townshend
(2007)
Veronica in the FBI
as Principal Harris
(2006)
Believe in Me
as Hugh Moreland
(2005)
Dallas 362
as Joe
(2004)
Iron Jawed Angels
as President Woodrow Wilson
(2004)
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mr. Silver
(2004)
Judas
as Caiaphas
(2003)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
(2002)
Boat Trip
as Boat Captain
(2002)
Scenes of the Crime
as Steven, Jimmy's Partner
(2002)
The Pact
as James Harte
(2001)
61*
as Dan Topping
(2001)
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Jerry Perenchio
(2000)
The Perfect Storm
as Alexander McAnally III
(2000)
Running Mates
as Sen. Terrence Randall
(1999)
Bats
as Dr. Alexander McCabe
(1998)
Patch Adams
as Dean Walcott
(1997)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Finley Largent
(1997)
A Thousand Acres
as Judge (uncredited)
(1997)
Buffalo Soldiers
as Col. Benjamin Grierson
(1997)
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Richard M. Nixon
(1997)
Changing Habits
as Bishop Creighton
(1996)
Broken Arrow
as Pritchett
(1996)
The Glimmer Man
as Frank Deverell
(1996)
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Bo Gritz
(1995)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
as Burton Quinn
(1995)
Dolores Claiborne
as Mr. Pease
(1995)
In Pursuit of Honor
as Col. John Hardesty
(1995)
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1994)
The Shawshank Redemption
as Warden Norton
(1994)
Roswell
as Frank Joyce
(1994)
Cosmic Slop
as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
(1993)
Demolition Man
as Chief George Earle
(1993)
Father Hood
as Lazzaro
(1992)
Patriot Games
as Interviewer
(1992)
The Public Eye
as Older Agent
(1992)
Jennifer Eight
as Goodridge
(1992)
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
as Texas Preacher
(1992)
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Larry Dietrick - State of Alaska
(1992)
Missing Pieces
as Mr Gabor
(1992)
Ladykiller
as Wolkowski
(1991)
JFK
as TV Newsman #3
(1991)
(1991)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard
(1990)
Judgment
as Monsignor Beauvais
(1990)
The Bride in Black
as Sydney
(1989)
Glory
as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
(1989)
Born on the Fourth of July
as Doctor
(1989)
Cookie
as Richie Segretto
(1989)
Unconquered
as Gov. George Wallace
(1988)
Forever James Dean
as Narrator (voice)
(1987)
The Pick-up Artist
as Fernando Portacarrero
(1987)
Matewan
as C.E. Lively
(1986)
Static
as Frank
(1986)
Adam: His Song Continues
as Edgar Milton
(1985)
Finnegan Begin Again
as Christian Jameson
(1984)
Soldiers in Hiding
as Narrator
(1982)
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
as Harry Gibbs
(1981)
Rollover
as Sal Naftari